Article: Fidelity[R] College Savings Survey Finds Tough Economic Conditions Forcing Families to Make Trade-Offs to Meet College Costs.

Article: Focus: Communicating college costs and prices
The Presidency;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... colleagues. Public passion over rising college costs and prices has lessened a bit of late ... provide a clear picture about rising college costs and prices and to offer recommendations ... public discussion about the realities of college costs and prices, providing context, meaning ...

Article: Report on College Costs Released
AP Online;  February 21, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... risen only 88 percent. The report said rising college costs are also hitting ... to about 16 percent last year ... families, college costs as a percentage ... pace with college costs. In 1975 ... could cover 84 percent of costs at ...

Article: Parents worried about spiraling college costs have ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 27, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... could stop fretting about spiraling college costs. In the past few weeks, bad news ... on parents and students worried that college costs are out of control. The College Board ... polled by The Washington Post said college costs are putting higher education out of ...

Article: Options for Parents As College Costs Climb
The Washington Post;  October 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... was actually an 8 percent decrease, the study said. Average college costs at four-year ... gifts" covered 69 percent of college costs in 1986-87 but ... their children's college costs, while another 42 percent promised to pay ...

Article: Fidelity's College Savings Indicator Finds Parents Are Projected ...
Business Wire;  December 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... meet anticipated college costs, parents predict ... directly fund 27 percent through general ... to meet future college costs. According to ... than half (58 percent) of parents ... track to cover 47 percent of college costs suggesting the ...

Article: The Tao of Campus Parking.(Tuition Rising: Why College ...
Journal of Higher Education;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Tuition Rising: Why College Costs So Much, by Ronald G. Ehrenberg ... the number of news stories about college costs, it comes as no surprise that ... Education, Straight Talk About College Costs & Prices; * Joseph Hurley ...

Article: Parents give college costs short shrift; 74 ...
The Washington Times;  October 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... advisers found that 99 percent agreed that all families ... seek ways to reduce college costs. About 97 percent said parents "have ... cover costs," 92 percent say parents overestimate ... discouraging reality is that college costs have skyrocketed and ...